FARC massacres 34 farm workers
The workers were sleeping at the ranch near La Gabarra, 310 miles north- east of the capital, Bogota, when armed men burst through the doors at dawn, tied them up, and shot them, La Gabarra mayor Taiz Ortega said.
At least five people were wounded and were taken by boat to a hospital in the nearby town of Cucuta. It was the worst massacre in Colombia in at least a year.
Mr Ortega said the motive behind the attack was not immediately known, but it appeared to be the work of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, Colombia’s largest guerrilla group that has been battling to topple the government for 40 years.
A regional human rights official Yinith Guerrero villagers were now fleeing the area as news of the massacre spread. FARC has spurned calls to declare a ceasefire.
